Entries by Irene

The start of the World Cup season jumping and dressage is near!

The world top of the jumping and dressage riders is preparing for the new indoor season of the FEI World Cup™.  The World Cup Circuit 2018/2019 will start again in October. Of course, the World Cup circuit also comes to the Netherlands. During Jumping Amsterdam (24-27 January 2019) there is a qualification for both dressage […]

Ticket sale Jumping Amsterdam has started!

From Thursday 24 until Sunday 27 January 2019 the 60th edition of Jumping Amsterdam will take place at the RAI Amsterdam. During this briljant Diamond Edition the program is filled with top sport: the highest dressage level in the FEI Dressage World Cup™ on Friday (Grand Prix) and Saturday (Freestyle), spectacular show jumping in the […]

The Diamond Edition of Jumping Amsterdam!

Jumping Amsterdam renewed for sixtieth edition! The organisation of Jumping Amsterdam is preparing for its sixtieth edition, from 24 to 27 January 2019. The return of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ has meant a change of the programme. The programming is not the only renewal that is planned for ‘The Diamond Edition’ of the […]

Germany’s Werth and Weihegold are awesome in Amsterdam

Glock’s Zonik shows so much promise for Dutch runner-up Edward Gal; Germany’s von Bredow-Werndl rockets up leaderboard when clinching third.   Defending series champions, Germany’s Isabell Werth (48) and her magical mare Weihegold OLD, cruised to victory at the sixth leg of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2017/2018 Western European League in Amsterdam (NED) this […]

Competitors Jumping Amsterdam 2018

Jumping Amsterdam (CDI-W / CSI4*) in The Netherlands will be taking place from 25th to 28th of January 2018. During those four days the RAI Amsterdam will be the center of the international equestrian sport. The best dressage and show jumping riders in the world will compete in the arena of Jumping Amsterdam. A large number of […]

Schneider and Sammy scoop the honours in Salzburg

It takes two to tango as every top-class Dressage rider knows, and Dorothee Schneider (48) and her lovely 11-year-old gelding Sammy Davis Jr. nailed it with the harmony they showed in their tango-themed test that won today’s fourth leg of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2017/2018 Western European League at Salzburg in Austria. “Sammy wants […]

Werth and Weihegold head home-side whitewash at Stuttgart 

Second win in a row for defending series champion as German riders claim five of top six places; runner-up Dorothee Schneider rockets up to fourth on league table. With style, panache and the greatest of ease, defending series champions Isabell Werth (48) and her wonderful 12-year-old mare Weihegold cruised to victory at the third leg […]

Werth and Emilio are sublime at second leg in Lyon

German superstar and reigning series champion pins Spain’s Ferrer-Salat into runner-up spot; third-placed Swede, Patrik Kittel, holds strong lead on Western European League table. Where sport meets entertainment that’s where you find the world’s best Dressage riders and those two planets collided today to explosive effect at the second leg of the FEI World Cup™ […]

Watershed victory on home ground; new Danish venue proves a popular choice

Danish fans had everything to shout about when their home-grown superstar partnership of 25-year-old Cathrine Dufour and her wonderful 14-year-old gelding, Atterupgaards Cassidy, claimed victory at the opening leg of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2017/2018 Western European League in Herning (DEN) today. Although the 14-strong field included Isabell Werth who took triple-gold at the […]

Werth headlines star-studded cast for FEI World Cup™ Dressage Western European League curtain-raiser

Fresh from her glorious triple-gold medal-winning triumph at the Longines FEI European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden in August, defending series champion and Rio 2016 Olympic team champion, Germany’s Isabell Werth, gallops back onto centre stage this weekend when she lines out at the opening leg of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2017/2018 Western European League […]

Ticket sale Jumping Amsterdam 2018 started

Jumping Amsterdam (CDI-W / CSI4*) will take place from 25 until 28 January 2018. During those four days the RAI Amsterdam will be the centre of the international equestrian sport. The best dressage and show jumping riders in the world will compete in the arena of Jumping Amsterdam. A large number of spectators will experience […]

Werth and Weihegold make it a hat-trick in Amsterdam

As if to further cement their absolute supremacy, the world no. 1 partnership of Germany’s Isabell Werth and the fabulous mare Weihegold secured their third win of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2016/2017 Western European League in Amsterdam (NED) today. Having produced a personal-best score to top the line-up at the second leg of the […]

Farewell KNHS to Rabobank Netherlands, welcome for local Rabobank

Jumping Amsterdam hosted the yearly celebration of all medal winners of 2016. After the celebrative moments in which all winners received beautiful metallic pictures in black and white and orange, a small thank you ceremony for Rabobank for their sponsorship of 16 years took place. “It’s like leaving home as a grown up: it makes […]

High level in Grand Prix dressage

German rider Isabell Werth who loves to compete in Amsterdam lived to all expectations as she won Grand Prix dressage scoring 82,12%. Her Weihegold Old (by Don Schufro), she showed an amazing test with highlights in piaffe and passage. Scoring 77,280% the reigning world cup winner Hans Peter Minderhoud and Glock’s Flirt became the runner […]

Jur Vrieling wint De Telegraaf Prijs

Terwijl zijn ereronde belicht werd door grote spotlight, galmde Geef mij maar Amsterdam door de speakers in de RAI. Jur Vrieling won samen met VDL Glasgow van het Merelsnest deze vrijdagavond De Telegraaf Prijs, op 1.50-niveau. De springruiter was dolblij met zijn overwinning. ‘Geweldig! Het publiek was ongelofelijk.’ Vrieling ging na de eerste ronde aan […]

Koop snel nog een kaartje voor Jumping Amsterdam

Wil je dit weekend naar Jumping Amsterdam komen en heb je nog geen kaarten? Het programma voor zaterdag overdag (o.a. FEI World Cup™ Dressage) en de zondagmiddag (o.a. Anemone Horsetrucks B.V. Grote Prijs van Amsterdam powered by Stoeterij Sterrehof) is volledig uitverkocht. Voor vrijdagavond, zaterdagavond en de Novotel Jumpertjes Kinderochtend zijn nog wel kaarten beschikbaar, […]

Competitors and program Jumping Amsterdam 2017

Jumping Amsterdam (CDI-W / CSI4*) in The Netherlands will be taking place from 26th to 29th of January 2017. During those four days the RAI Amsterdam will be the centre of the international equestrian sport. The best dressage and show jumping riders in the world will compete in the arena of Jumping Amsterdam. A large […]

Hester wins and Valegro bows out on a night to remember at Olympia

On an electrifying night at the London International Horse Show, Carl Hester won the fifth leg of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2016/2017 Western European League with Nip Tuck. This was a back-to-back double on home ground for the 49-year-old British star and his 12-year-old gelding, but the man who has been largely responsible for […]

Super win for Schneider and Showtime in Salzburg

Germany’s Dorothee Schneider and Showtime FRH were convincing winners of the fourth leg of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2016/2017 Western European League at Salzburg in Austria today. From a starting field of 13, the world no. 3 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games gold-medal-winning partnership finished more than five full percentage points ahead of runners-up […]

Werth makes it a double as she leads German whitewash at Stuttgart

Germany’s Isabell Werth and the lovely mare Weihegold showed exactly why they are the no. 1 partnership in the world rankings when sweeping to their second consecutive victory in the FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2016/2017 Western European League on home turf at Stuttgart today. This third leg attracted 15 riders from eight nations but the […]

Werth and Weihegold produce spectacular win in Lyon

German superstar, Isabell Werth, produced a personal-best Freestyle score of 90.09 to win today’s second leg of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2016/2017 Western European League at Lyon in France. The 47-year-old rider and her 11-year-old mare simply blew the competition away with an outstanding performance that seemed to take even this multi-medalled athlete  by […]